About crafting armors / outfits

[Alumno Superstes]

I saw that armorer perk only affects on MODS...how I can unlock more advanced armors and apparels?

I bought some jumpsuits recipes with stat bonuses and I HAVE raider or some kind armor recipes in memory..but I can not craft them..

[OranTruk]

You have to first go into "notes" or "new" and find the plan and click on it to learn it. Then when you see "known" plan you can craft it and also sell that plan. If you "scrap" armor and weapons, you will learn plans sometimes. So don't save normal stuff, scrap it all for the junk and you will learn plans, then you sell the junk, and buy other ones from the vendors. You can not use certain armor before the level that they start.
They have weight, so if you have 60 known plans, that may be 10 lbs. The perk cards are sometimes up to 5x the card to fully upgrade. So you can get Power Armor by taking the pieces off the shell, then you can get in the shell. You can also wear it without any pieces. After that when you exit, it will return automatically. Some mods change the durability but if you craft with Armorer upgraded to 3x, it should add more durability. Armor Bench = outfits and armor. Tinker Bench = ammo, quest items (computer cores, repair broken tube for Wren, and gifts).

[Alumno Superstes]

Yea I know all that, but problem is that I do not see items I can craft when activate armor crafting table..I am assuming there is level cap..I am only 27..but I am not sure

I am sure only that plans I bought/found ÁND learned aren't showing anywhere

[BizarreMan]

There are two pieces to the puzzle.

First you have to know the plan for the base item, and craft that known item in the under armor tab of the armor bench.

Then you have to know the lining plan. If you purchased Plan: shielded lining Raider under armor. That doesn’t let you craft the base item. It only lets you craft the mod onto a previously existing item.

Once you have the crafted under armor you then go into the modify option of the armor workbench and modify it.

[Alumno Superstes]

Ah right, thanx, I'll look into it closer then

[nOv1c3]

you really need to be level 50 before all the plans are unlocked and you can craft them and even then you have to buy or find them or they need to drop from events , I,m level 1000+ and every once in a while i get a plan or mod that pops up saying i didnt know it lol

[s.turner3030]

Some armour plans can only be bought with bullion, or stamps from expeditions as well.

Some armours also require specific perks to be equipped to craft them, easiest way to see what you can craft armour wise is to go into crafting on the armour workbench, then hit q I think to filer to show only known plans, then go into say the light armour category and it will show all the base armour plans you can craft, note you can mod armour if you have the plans and the armour already, you just can not craft it, so say for example you have ultra light for combat armour arms, you can mod any combat armour arms with the ultra light mod, what you can not then do is craft the base combat armour arm, also some armours have different base plans for light, medium and heavy versions, combat armour does, I think robot does as well not too sure off hand if any others do, there is also separate plans for arms, legs and torso for each armour.

[Alumno Superstes]

Yea, I have long time crafted leather and metal armor sets ..metal isn't even full set, arms missing ..thanx for hint, about events..at 50 I start hunting those more.

I know about guide finding heavy armor set plans but I don't do guides until I am forced to do it.